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<p id="9d80">We had started talking a few days before I was thrown out into the streets. I had messaged her on Facebook the morning I left where I was staying.</p><p id="88ff">We had stayed in contact ever since that morning. I don’t know if we would have continued to talk if I wasn’t thrown out of that house.</p><p id="60f6">She had told me she didn’t know why she cared, but she did. I believe we never would have grown as close as we did if she hadn’t cared enough to keep in touch.</p><h2 id="fafc">I took a risk</h2><p id="cd43">I had lived in Florida for many years, I had the itch to leave but I didn’t have the nerve. I went to Minneapolis to start a new life but that didn’t work.</p><p id="2a14">The upside to being homeless, I had State Medical Insurance. My Guard job in Florida didn’t offer insurance.</p><h2 id="1f2d">Being homeless saved my life</h2><p id="5b35">That saved my life. I had a stroke in Florida, and I couldn’t afford medication, the State of Minnesota took care of that. I was also able to get counseling. I had someone to talk to. Between the Therapist and Olivia, I had two people to keep me straight.</p><p id="9eba">In Florida, I was living in a t

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railer park, in a trailer, I couldn’t afford. I was free of that. I was given a chance to start a new life. I took that chance and it worked out for me in the long run.</p><h2 id="e828">Stuff doesn’t matter</h2><p id="1f56">I don’t have the material things I want, but I learned that stuff doesn’t matter. What matters is having a roof over my head and someone who loves me.</p><p id="ba5c">Maybe I had to grow through that dark time. To appreciate that I needed people in my life, people to care about, and people to care for me.</p><p id="1fb2">My life is better now. I see what’s important. My mental and physical health and loving and being loved that is the important thing.</p><p id="8638">My wife always says to me, “ You had to go through a storm to learn some things.” I know she is right, and I hope that I learned my lesson because I never want to go through that again.</p><h2 id="b5a4">Final Thought:</h2><p id="47a9">Don’t let hubris cause you to take your eyes off of the important things. Stuff doesn’t matter. What matters is being spiritually whole. Don’t put yourself in the position of losing it all to realize you didn’t have what you needed.</p></article></body>

Spiritual growth

My Life is Better Because I Was Homeless

I had to learn the hard way

I didn’t see it at the time, but looking back, I see how that dark time of my life prepared me for the good life I have today.

After a few months of homelessness, I was in the system. I was getting Food stamps and General Assistance money. A few months later, I was sent to live in Transitional housing.

It was awesome

I had a room of my own with the most uncomfortable bed ever. The room had no running water and food and a fridge was not allowed.

I had to go down the hall to use the toilet and shower. The restroom and shower area was always nasty. In comparison to the other shelter, I was in freaking paradise.

There was a computer room downstairs. I was closer to office buildings downtown with free WIFI.

I could talk to Olivia more often

We had started talking a few days before I was thrown out into the streets. I had messaged her on Facebook the morning I left where I was staying.

We had stayed in contact ever since that morning. I don’t know if we would have continued to talk if I wasn’t thrown out of that house.

She had told me she didn’t know why she cared, but she did. I believe we never would have grown as close as we did if she hadn’t cared enough to keep in touch.

I took a risk

I had lived in Florida for many years, I had the itch to leave but I didn’t have the nerve. I went to Minneapolis to start a new life but that didn’t work.

The upside to being homeless, I had State Medical Insurance. My Guard job in Florida didn’t offer insurance.

Being homeless saved my life

That saved my life. I had a stroke in Florida, and I couldn’t afford medication, the State of Minnesota took care of that. I was also able to get counseling. I had someone to talk to. Between the Therapist and Olivia, I had two people to keep me straight.

In Florida, I was living in a trailer park, in a trailer, I couldn’t afford. I was free of that. I was given a chance to start a new life. I took that chance and it worked out for me in the long run.

Stuff doesn’t matter

I don’t have the material things I want, but I learned that stuff doesn’t matter. What matters is having a roof over my head and someone who loves me.

Maybe I had to grow through that dark time. To appreciate that I needed people in my life, people to care about, and people to care for me.

My life is better now. I see what’s important. My mental and physical health and loving and being loved that is the important thing.

My wife always says to me, “ You had to go through a storm to learn some things.” I know she is right, and I hope that I learned my lesson because I never want to go through that again.

Final Thought:

Don’t let hubris cause you to take your eyes off of the important things. Stuff doesn’t matter. What matters is being spiritually whole. Don’t put yourself in the position of losing it all to realize you didn’t have what you needed.